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�Too slow� Nestl� boss takes blame

02.11.09

Nestl�s chief executive Paul Bulke today admitted that he had been too slow in reacting to price cuts from rivals like Danone, Kraft and Britain�s Unilever, leading to slowing sales growth for the huge foods group ... more

There�s more to business than money

02.11.09

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Whitehall cuts are so bad for adland

06.10.09

Nervousness in adland as agencies digest the thought that the next government will cut its huge advertising budget ... more

Hopes of higher Kraft bid drive Cadbury rise

14.09.09

Cadbury shares are moving upwards as market-makers bet that suitor Kraft will soon make an improved takeover offer for the 185-year-old business... more

Nestl� and Mars tipped to counterbid

07.09.09

The battle for Cadbury is likely to spark the first contested mega-bid fought out of London since Royal Bank of Scotland�s ill-fated intervention in Barclays agreed takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro two years ago ... more

US giant Kraft in �10billion bid for Cadbury

07.09.09

Cadbury receives a shock �10 billion takeover bid from US rival Kraft - the company behind Oreo biscuits and Terry's Chocolate Orange... more

Nestl� is looking to speed up growth

12.08.09

Nestl�, the maker of KitKat chocolate bars, Perrier mineral water and Nescaf� coffee, posted a 3.5% rise in sales in the first six months and said it expects faster growth in the second half ... more

Protestors disrupt biofuels Mayfair summit

02.07.09

Climate activists clash with police as they try to storm a five-star Mayfair hotel and disrupt a�biofuels� industry summit... more

Former soldier is P&G�s inside choice for the chief exec�s job

09.06.09

Procter & Gamble, the Gillette razors to Pampers nappies combine, is about to announce a long-term company man and former US parachute soldier, Robert McDonald, as its new chief executive ... more

Nestl� staff walk and talk to be world's fittest firm

01.06.09

"Walking meetings" and water have replaced boardroom discussions and after-work drinks at one of London's biggest firms... more

Stores fail to get the Easter chocs away

20.04.09

An Easter egg mountain that would defeat even Charlie and the Chocolate Factory�s glutton Augustus Gloop has been left by the collapse of Woolworths... more

Chocolate bars to be downsized

05.02.09

The Government is set to order manufacturers to shrink the size of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks... more

Chocolate bars to be downsized

05.02.09

The Government is set to order manufacturers to shrink the size of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks... more

Investors consider suing PWC, auditor of India's Satyam

09.01.09

Legal: Several investors in Satyam Computer, the outsourcing giant that announced this week that it had concealed $1 billion in losses, are considering suing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, the auditor of the company's doctored accounts... more

IT firm Satyam�s �1bn fraud �India�s Enron�

08.01.09

Scandal: European customers of India�s Satyam, including London-listed news giant Thomson Reuters, are struggling to work out how the potential collapse of fraud-hit Indian IT Services giant Satyam would affect their operations... more

Obese patients to be flown to London for gastric ops

02.01.09

Obese patients in Belfast will be flown hundreds of miles for fat-loss operations at Imperial College trust, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Best American restaurants in London

05.11.08

To celebrate Obama Week in true all-American style Charles Campion picks the restaurants where the burgers, ribs, pancakes and milkshakes are to die for.... more

Business

08.10.08

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Halal venture is tasty for Nestl�

24.09.08

Consumer: Food giant Nestl� has gone halal in 75 of its 480 plants worldwide as it cashes in on a surge in demand for food and products acceptable to devout Muslims... more

Big business steers clear of taking stalls at conference

24.09.08

Business chiefs who flocked to take stalls at past Labour conferences have failed to do so this year... more

Hill Station has shares frozen

24.09.08

Consumer: After two dire, wet summers, posh ice-cream maker Hill Station, which also owns the Loseley and Granelli brands, has had its shares suspended on the junior stock market AIM... more

The WAG smile that says my hat-trick hitting star Theo Walcott is a national hero

11.09.08

Theo Walcott's girlfriend Melanie Slade was all smiles this morning - hours after watching her boyfriend score a famous hat-trick for England.... more

He'll score hat-tricks ... Theo's father sees his dream come true

11.09.08

Theo Walcott's father predicted two years ago his son would score "a few hat-tricks" for England... more

Yes, this could be a real page-turner for HMV

09.09.08

Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader � the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores... more

Who's in and who's out

08.09.08

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Nestl�'s Polman to take over as Unilever boss

04.09.08

Consumer Unilever says Patrick Cescau is stepping down as chief executive at the end of the year to be replaced by Nestlé vice president Paul Polman... more

�1 billion man at the helm is tough-talking and charismatic

04.09.08

Paul Polman today became the £1 billion man at Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever... more

Stobart's deal saves 1300 jobs

01.07.08

Iconic trucking firm Eddie Stobart has rescued up to 1300 jobs as it bought the chilled and ambient goods division of Innovate Logistics from administrators BDO Stoy Hayward... more

What a price to pay for coffee

07.06.07

Hard-hitting documentary Black Gold follows the story of Ethopian coffee growers and one man's fight to find a better deal... more

Will radio dare air the tune of the year?

19.03.07

Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip is Paul Connolly's favourite song of the year. But will commercial radio stations play a song with anti-corporate lyrics?... more